Ideas for Teaching Computer Technology to Kids

Arduino in a Nutshell by Jan Borchers

herbcle — Sun, 26 May 2013 00:22:00 +0000

http://hci.rwth-aachen.de/arduino

It has been reported that this book has been used by seventh graders!

Flocking With Lego Mindstorms NXT

herbcle — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:22:44 +0000

http://scottsnowden.co.uk/?page_id=72

A long but very interest post on a project to implement flocking using a group of Lego Mindstorms NXT robots.

How Lego Is Constructing the Next Generation of Engineers

herbcle — Tue, 14 May 2013 01:08:40 +0000

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/How-Lego-Is-Constructing-the-Next-Generation-of-Engineers-204137981.html?c=y&page=1

Long, excellent article about Legos being used to help get kids interested in engineering.

Scratch 2.0 is now available

herbcle — Sun, 12 May 2013 14:24:54 +0000

http://www.geek.com/apps/mit-releases-scratch-2-0-to-get-kids-coding-in-the-cloud-1554799/

Scratch 2.0 is now available to use, and it brings with it a ton of improvements including Scratch 2.0 allows you to create, edit, and view projects directly in your web browser. (You no longer have to download or upload projects or install any software.)

Teaching Kids Programming

herbcle — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:26:41 +0000

http://teachingkidsprogramming.org/blog/teachers-learn-to-teach-programming/

Teaching Kids Programming is an non-profit organization of volunteer programmers and school teachers who have developed a framework designed specifically for teaching basic programming to children aged 10 and up.